Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Hotdog Roller Machine

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Jasmany Niebla · Concession Machines (popcorn / sno-cone / cotton candy / frozen)

Day
$75
Week
$278
28 days
$833

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $278.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,350. On the 28-day rate it is $833.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Hotdog Roller Machine, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$75$75—day
2$150$150—day
3$225$225—day
4$300$278you save $22week
5$375$278you save $97week
6$450$278you save $172week
7$525$278you save $247week
8$600$353you save $247week
9$675$428you save $247week
10$750$503you save $247week
11$825$556you save $269week
12$900$556you save $344week
13$975$556you save $419week
14$1,050$556you save $494week
15$1,125$631you save $494week
16$1,200$706you save $494week
17$1,275$781you save $494week
18$1,350$833you save $51728-day
19$1,425$833you save $59228-day
20$1,500$833you save $66728-day
21$1,575$833you save $74228-day
22$1,650$833you save $81728-day
23$1,725$833you save $89228-day
24$1,800$833you save $96728-day
25$1,875$833you save $1,04228-day
26$1,950$833you save $1,11728-day
27$2,025$833you save $1,19228-day
28$2,100$833you save $1,26728-day
29$2,175$908you save $1,267day
30$2,250$983you save $1,267day
31$2,325$1,058you save $1,267day
32$2,400$1,111you save $1,289week
33$2,475$1,111you save $1,364week
34$2,550$1,111you save $1,439week
35$2,625$1,111you save $1,514week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.